Giovanni looked at him. Although he felt a little sad about Raven's current situation, it was a path he had chosen himself.
Ever since he learned that Giovanni had killed several Squadron Leader single-handedly, he had been afraid.
He didn't dare to confront Giovanni directly anymore, only daring to find ways to bring Giovanni down.
When he saw Giovanni violate the rules, he finally breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that he could finally avoid facing Giovanni and be at ease.
But when did he become such a person?
Clearly, before, he was like Giovanni, a dragon among men who survived from a thousand people, an excellent heir of Team Rocket.
At that time, he had never feared Giovanni in the slightest; at worst, it was just death!
But why had it come to this point now? Why was Giovanni so strong? Why was Raven's strength so superficial?
He was clearly a Senior Level Trainer, yet the combat power he displayed was only that of a high-level Trainer. Even his Pokémon had been neglected, possessing only talent.
At this moment, he finally understood everything.
He was ruined. From the very beginning, when he relied on Captain Price, his fate was already sealed.
Not only was he controlled by Captain Price, but his strength was also ruined by him.
And one more thing, they, who were initially chosen by the two Team Leaders, were already destined to lose to Giovanni once.
Giovanni was uncontrollable, but they were.
Because of this, they might have lost the qualification to compete with Giovanni at that time, lost the qualification to stand before Madame Boss.
He looked at Giovanni, gently raising his palm.
If he had made the same choice as Giovanni back then, would he have stood before Madame Boss? And would he have the power Giovanni now possessed?
He coughed twice, a large amount of blood spilling from his mouth. "Cough, cough, I don't hate you. I just blame myself for not seizing the opportunity, for being incompetent, and for being used as a pawn."
He grinned, "Good luck, brother."
The Sandstorm behind Giovanni slowly subsided. He slowly turned around, leaving behind a single word: "Stomp."
Above! Rhydon's body fell like a tank. Its heavy and huge feet stomped down repeatedly, towards Raven, towards Golbat.
Boom!
A burst of blood mist erupted, accompanied by flesh and blood splattering on the ground.
A thousand dead, one alive.
A shadow floated down, transforming into Haunter, greedily devouring fresh souls, transforming them into its internal power.
Its level hadn't increased much in the past few months, only reaching level thirty-five, but it seemed to have no bottleneck, still improving at a steady pace.
Haunter then opened the Poké Ball with its claw, retrieved Rhydon, and flew back up.
Giovanni took the Pokémon Haunter handed back, and glanced at the Pokémon and humans that Nidoking had smashed to death one by one with Fury Attack.
Then he looked at the more than one hundred trembling youths, as well as Ashin, Mars, and Archer, who couldn't suppress their excitement.
Ashin and the others immediately walked towards Giovanni, "Boss!"
Giovanni nodded, "Hmm, it's good that you're all right."
Ashin was, after all, Giovanni's first subordinate. His loyalty to Giovanni was visible to Arceus, so he immediately expressed his concern to Giovanni:
"You too. You just returned, and now you've violated the rules again. Will Boss be okay with that?"
Giovanni chuckled softly, "Don't worry, without my mother's consent, why would I be so reckless?"
Ashin finally breathed a sigh of relief, "That's good, that's good."
Giovanni looked at Archer, who, though still very thin, had grown a lot taller and had a few more touches of maturity and steadiness on his face. He nodded with satisfaction.
"You've grown taller. I heard you got first place. You did very well."
Archer shook his head, "Not letting you down is what's most important."
Giovanni took out a Poké Ball and placed it in Archer's hand, explaining to the confused Archer:
"This is for you. It's an extra reward for your first place. The Pokémon inside is the offspring of Captain Matt's Weezing. You must nurture it well."
Giovanni's attention to Archer made Mars and Ashin a little jealous.
However, because of Giovanni, no one dared to show it.
Not to mention the terrified youths behind them.
Archer nodded heavily, assuring Giovanni, "Yes, I will definitely nurture it with care."
Before he could say a few more words, Hanzo quickly walked in from outside, kneeling on one knee. "Boss, Captain Price's side, Anke is almost unable to hold on."
For Giovanni, Raven was indeed not his opponent this time. His true opponent was actually Team Leader Captain Price.
"Hmm, I know. Have the others been dealt with?"
Hanzo immediately replied:
"They've been dealt with. A total of three Squadron Leader and five squad leaders were executed on the spot. The others are still well-behaved. Do you need me to notify them to kill them all?"
Giovanni told him to get up first, "No rush. We'll settle accounts in the autumn."
Hanzo then stood up.
Giovanni gently patted Ashin's shoulder and ruffled Archer's head. "No rush for pleasantries. There's still one guy to deal with. Once I've dealt with him, we'll talk."
"Hmm." Listening to Giovanni's confident voice, Ashin nodded, knowing that Giovanni must have grown more than just a little stronger in the past year. Since Giovanni said he could do it, he definitely could.
Giovanni then pointed to the more than one hundred youths behind them. "Pull out all those inserted by Raven and Captain Price. No problem, right?"
When these youths saw Giovanni pointing at them, they shrank their heads uncontrollably in fear.
In their eyes, beneath Giovanni's meowth mask, there seemed to be a face like a demon god.
Especially the youths recruited by Raven and Captain Price, their faces were ashen, and their legs trembled with fear.
If Giovanni hadn't avoided the word 'kill', they might have directly wet their pants.
Ashin understood Giovanni's meaning, knowing that he didn't intend to kill them all; those who could be used could still be kept. So he assured him, "No problem, leave it to your subordinate. I will handle it."
Giovanni still trusted Ashin very much. After all, he was the future venomous snake instructor; this wouldn't be difficult for him.
He just turned and instructed Hanzo:
"Hmm, Hanzo, you stay here and keep an eye on things together."
"Yes, Boss." Hanzo replied, but his gaze kept sweeping over Ashin's shoulder and Archer's head.
After giving Ashin and the others another instruction, Giovanni turned and left.
"He belongs to my Shadow. You'll inevitably interact with them later. Build a good relationship."
Although he felt a little uncomfortable under Hanzo's gaze, Ashin could still endure it. After all, they were colleagues; there was no need to make things awkward.
"Yes, your subordinate understands."
Hanzo also dared not say more, then nodded, watching Giovanni walk out.